How to Cook Japanese Curry Rice
Serves: 4-8
Preparation time: 45 mins
Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients needed to make Japanese curry rice:
- 4 cups Japanese style rice, cooked
- 1 lb pork
- 2 carrots
- 1 + 2 onions
- 2 potatoes
- 1 tsp garlic, grated
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1 + 3 cups water
- 1 tsp beef bouillon
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 2 tbsp flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp butter
For the garam masala:
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp ground ginger
Cooking instructions for Japanese curry rice:
- Add all the ingredients of the garam masala into a small bowl and toss them well together to mix.
- Transfer the garam masala into an air tight container, seal and use when necessary.
- Chop an onion, carrots and potatoes into small bite sized chunks and do the same with the pork.
- Drizzle oil in a pan and heat it over moderate flame.
- Throw in the pork into the pan and saute until it browns and is cooked through.
- Throw in the vegetables, back to back, and continue to saute while stirring occassionally.
- Pour a cup of water into the pan and heat the mixture until it starts boiling.
- Lower the heat and continue to cook the mixture over slow flame for about 40-50 mins.
- Empty the remaining cups of water in a separate pan and stir in both types of bouillon cubes until they dissolve.
- Cut rest of the onions into thin slices and set aside.
- Melt butter in the third pan and throw in the onion slices to saute them for about 15-20 minutes or until they caramelise.
- Stir in ginger as well as garlic and continue to stir fry briefly until the mixture becomes fragrant.
- Dust the flour on it, followed by a dash of curry powder and cook the mixture over slow flame stirring frequently to avoid the flour from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- Pour in the warm , prepared soup into the pan, at intervals, while you whisk the roux rigorously.
- Continue to simmer the roux until it thickens and sprinkle the garam masala; stir it well until properly blended.
- After the meat-veggie mixture is properly cooked, pour in the spicy roux and stir them well together to mix well.
- Simmer the mixture for about 10 minutes and adjust the seasonings.
- Spoon it over cooked Japanese rice and serve hot.
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